Flight Time wrote:No, pretty much all those reasons are illogical with modern one-pumps, which coincidentally, is why all modern kites are one pumps, save for ones that have logical reasons for not being so, such as ultra light wind models.

You know some people have their own reasons for not wanting a one pump. Ok so here is mine lets see if you think I'm being illogical you small minded self serving twit that thinks he knows what is best for everyone else. And that goes for all you lazy asses that think just because it saves you time that no one out there should dare disagree with you. How dare someone have another opinion!!!!

I ride hard my kite crashes hard! One pump has far more points of failure actually twice as many points to be exact. Matter of fact I had 4 failures last spring with a brand new kite. Like I said I ride hard. I bet most of the people that don't want the one pump have the same riding style as I do. I'm fortunate that my local spot is shallow and I can walk in if I have a failure. I would hate to swim in with a fully deflated kite. Oh get this those clips don't hold in the kinds of crashes I put my kite thru.

Oh get this I all so fly C kites you know the ones that are for the hardcore blah blah whatever. If that is the case then why do they have one pump? I don't know I don't care I just want the option to have both. I'm not going to set here and tell everyone else they should abandon one pump. Do I think that yes but its your dollar buy what you want. Just don't insult myself or others for actually understanding how large of a safety hazard it truly is.

And while I'm at it stop being a bunch of pussies with panties all jammed up your va-jay-jays because some one might want something different then you.

Maybe some anger issues?

I think it might not be a coincidence that that rant was your 666th post, Satan!

Oh, and it is virtually impossible to crash the kite so hard that you simultaneously blow out all the pinched strut tubes, unless you crash it into a passing jet's engine intake. And for that matter, your spot is shallow water, so if you did pass the kite through a jet engine, you could simply walk to shore.

In any case, stick with the few remaining kites that don't have the one pump, until they stop offering it, which is an eventuality. We wouldn't want your blood pressure running this high all the time...

Kitesurf Vacation wrote:One Pump Systems works ok when the kite is new, then if you have a problem on the bladders, struts, leaking valves or leading edge, is more complicated to repair them. Especially the Octopus System from Naish.

They should do it as in the beginning of kitesurfing, the struts separated from the leading edge. Is not a big deal to pump one strut by one. Keep the kites simple!!

Why they still do it like that? marketing campains? Any other reason apart from pumping it 'faster'?

Jaime

It's a market and convenience factor
Go back and do some research on Eric's Ovando in 2009 ("5thliner")
so than you'll see from a creditable technical & reliability point of view,
why he was agains and hated the "One Pump System
And you'll see why that many whiners wanted that convenience

The only excuse is the Strutless Cloud: the True "One Pump System"
since it has only the Leading Edge to pump and takes no time to

6 years on ozone kites with one pump system. I kite over 200 days a year and have never had a problem. Because of that this post seems silly. I think you should change brands or take better care of your kites. It would suck to have problems like that.

DrLightWind wrote:Go back and do some research on Eric's Ovando in 2009 ("5thliner")
so than you'll see from a creditable technical & reliability point of view,
why he was agains and hated the "One Pump System

Flight Time wrote:Oh, and it is virtually impossible to crash the kite so hard that you simultaneously blow out all the pinched strut tubes, unless you crash it into a passing jet's engine intake. And for that matter, your spot is shallow water, so if you did pass the kite through a jet engine, you could simply walk to shore.

In any case, stick with the few remaining kites that don't have the one pump, until they stop offering it, which is an eventuality. We wouldn't want your blood pressure running this high all the time...

I would set here and argue with you but I'm not. It seems your fine with throwing out insults to people but cant take them your self. I understand really everyone who kites does it in the same conditions and same way as you and could never ever have anything happen differently than what you have experienced.

I am a changed man now. I will love one pumps and forget of the failures I have had with them. I must have imagined it all because you said they are impossible to achieve.

I vote against one-pump.
Especially the stupidest Octopus system.
That would be the easiest to have a choice there. Just let me have the same kite with nice individual bladders. I am a customer I wanna have my choice!